worm fence

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I looked earnestly forward, and on each side, in search of some token of human residence; but the spots of cultivation, the well-pole, the worm fence, and the hayrick, were nowhere to be seen.

From Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Brown, Charles Brockden

The fences were of various descriptions: hedge, wicker, some few pannel, and the old fashioned zig-zag, known as the "Virginia worm fence"—the hedge and worm fence being the most common.

From The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States by Delany, Martin Robison

Beyond the high worm fence grew a stubborn tangle of briers, vines, and cane.

From The Flower of the Chapdelaines by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)

One of the figures in the foreground was a dead Confederate boy, lying in the angle of a worm fence.

From The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915 by Gildersleeve, Basil L. (Basil Lanneau)

I rode in advance, and found that about a half mile ahead there was a little knoll of cleared land, comparatively dry, and skirted by a high, worm fence of good oak rails.

From Campaign of Battery D, First Rhode Island light artillery. by Parker, Ezra Knight